Until recently, if you were listing the strengths of Barack Obama and his administration, you would have emphasised the president's calm, controlled demeanour and the competence of the people around him – a welcome contrast, in both respects, to the previous administration. In the blink of an eye, this has turned upside-down. Friends and foes are accusing Mr Obama's White House of multi-dimensional bungling and are holding the president's temperament up to ridicule.
就在不久前，如果让你列举美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)及其政府的优点，你还会强调他的冷静、举止克制、及其领导班子的能力——无论从哪方面讲，都比前任政府强多了。可转眼间，情况就彻底颠倒了过来。无论敌友，都在指责奥巴马政府把各个层面的问题都搞得一团糟，对他的脾性也大加嘲讽。
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